FINE MINERAL COLLECTION & LIQUIDATION AUCTION - Ends December 10, 2020

We have ANOTHER diverse selection this week featuring a mix of specimens of a quality and price range that you would normally expect to see on retail websites, but AT LIQUIDATION AUCTION as we flow out several large collections to new homes. Look for new discoveries that we picked up at recent shows or direct from the source, as well. We have added many more specimens from the untouched, unpicked collections of Chet Lemanski and Gary Weaver that we have only just sorted out!

Highlights:

1. important STIBNITE from ROMANIA

2. NEW FIND of Chinese ALLOPHANE

3. Chet Lemanski and James Carter Collection OLD CLASSICS

4. Large AZURITE from Bisbee

5. CLASSIC ENGLISH FLUORITES and OLD ENGLISH HEMATITE

6. important  CALCITE-included COPPER and COPPER from Michigan

7. Rare Texas CALCITE

8. Large Sunnyside Mine FLUORITE w/ RHODOCHROSITE

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Staurolite (superb classic "cross" twins) James Carter Coll.
Keivy Mountains, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
9.7 x 6.8 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $120
Lazulite, Siderite, etc (classic locale) ex Art Soregaroli coll
Rapid Creek, Dawson mining district, Yukon, Canada
9.2 x 4.8 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $218
Ruby xl (114 grams) ex Kevin Schon coll
Mysore District, Karnataka, India
5.0 x 4.7 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $137
Andradite var. Melanite Garnet ex Lemanski Coll
New Idria Mining District, San Benito Co., California
10.7 x 10.3 x 7.3 cm
Winning Bid: $105
Color-zoned Fluorite (fluorescent) Chet Lemanski Coll.
Okorusu Mine, Otjiwarongo District, Namibia
13.5 x 10.6 x 7.0 cm
Winning Bid: $210
Amazonite (white cap xls) James Carter Coll.
Teller County, Colorado
4.4 x 3.7 x 3.6 cm
Winning Bid: $108
Lepidolite (RARE New Mexico) Gary Weaver Coll.
Rociada District, Mora Co., New Mexico
9.2 x 8.1 x 7.5 cm
Winning Bid: $260
Botryoidal Malachite (old classic)
Mednorudyanskoye Cu Deposit, Nizhnii Tagil, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia
11.0 x 7.6 x 0.7 cm
Winning Bid: $85
Bi-colored Fluorite (fluorescent)
Qinglong, Guizhou, China
10.4 x 10.0 x 4.5 cm
Winning Bid: $255
Fluorite - unusual locality (Chet Lemanski Coll.)
Berta quarry and mine, El Papiol, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
12.4 x 10.5 x 6.1 cm
Winning Bid: $77
Quartz var. Herkimer Diamond
Middleville, Herkimer Co., New York
9.3 x 6.0 x 5.5 cm
Winning Bid: $251
large fishtail-twinned Gypsum xl (classic) Chet Lemanski Coll.
Naica, Chihuahua, Mexico
21.8 x 7.6 x 3.6 cm
Winning Bid: $187
Chrysoprase (new find)
Szklary Chrysoprase Mine, Szklary, Gmina Zabkowice Slaskie, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
4.5 x 2.0 x 1.9 cm
Winning Bid: $47
Grossular var. Hessonite (large crystal)) Chet Lemanski Coll.
Huckitta Bore, Coggan Bore, Harts Range, Northern Territory, Australia
4.8 x 4.1 x 3.6 cm
Winning Bid: $141
Botryoidal "grape" Amethyst
Mamuju area, Sulawesi Barat Province, Sulawesi, Indonesia
11.5 x 6.7 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $240
Fluorite (classic locale - fluorescent) Chet Lemanski Coll.
Weardale, County Durham, England
12.0 x 10.3 x 5.9 cm
Winning Bid: $460
Calcite ( rare Texas locale !) Barnett & Dillwith Coll.
Austin, Travis County, Texas
9.4 x 6.4 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $93
Fluorite w/ Sphalerite & Siderite (classic locale) Chet Lemanski Coll.
Brownley Hill Mine, Nenthead, Alston Moor, Cumbria, England
15.9 x 13.3 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $675
large Copper incl. in Calcite, Copper, etc. (Seaman Mus. & Lemanski Coll.)
Copper Country, Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan
19.4 x 14.3 x 6.5 cm
Winning Bid: $1,450
large sculptural Azurite (Bisbee) Chet Lemanski Coll.
Junction Mine, Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona
16.4 x 15.7 x 7.3 cm
Winning Bid: $2,100
Emerald (8.03 carats - classic locale) Bill Panczner Coll.
Habach valley, Zell am See District, Salzburg, Austria
1.2 x 1.0 x 0.8 cm
Winning Bid: $210
large Domeykite w/ Quartz nodule (Seaman Mus. & Chet Lemanski Coll)
Mohawk Mine, Mohawk, Keweenaw Co., Michigan
8.8 x 7.5 x 5.4 cm
Winning Bid: $1,405
Tektite var. Moldavite (27 grams)
Besednice, South Bohemian Region, Czech Republic
5.6 x 3.0 x 1.1 cm
Winning Bid: $550
Hematite-tinted Calcite (Gary Weaver Coll.)
15th Level, San Antonio Mine, East Camp, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico
12.0 x 10.5 x 2.9 cm
Winning Bid: $188